The OP. Because it was posted in the Dzogchen forum it is tempting to assume that Inge was making a particular case vis a vis Dzogchen. But the point you make is valid. Being a Vajrayana practitioner of any hue including Dzogchen does not imply uniformity on all points of ethical behaviour or in po...

Do you think is it immoral to own shares in a company that makes profits from its employees? The OP. Because it was posted in the Dzogchen forum it is tempting to assume that Inge was making a particular case vis a vis Dzogchen. But the point you make is valid. Being a Vajrayana practitioner of any...

I am a college student in America currently practicing the Dudjom tersar ngondro. Beginning in the winter, I am planning on taking a leave of absence from school; I have no plans to return any time soon. For the time being, I would like to make Vajrayana practice the focus of my life. Does any one ...

I get your drift but I want to have a say. I don't want distant bureaucrats and politicians making policy on the run, unaware, possibly indifferent to the outcome. I want a referendum in each country, let the people speak. Don't trot out another so called expert...not interested. Let the man in the...

Malcolm wrote:
The fact is that there are something like 64,000,000 displaced persons in the world right now, a little less than 10% of the world population. As such, all countries, especially first world nations, should just step up and absorb the social cost of their own capital expansion.

How? Whenever I have a positive experience I grasp it as if my life depended upon it. I don't know how to not do that. What tends to work for me is to contemplate the empty nature of the phenomenon I am grasping at. FOR ME (Don't try this at home kiddies :smile: ). For you: You will have to ask you...

It is not a matter of "need" or "want", it is like saying there is no need for heat to be hot. Bliss is a quality of Buddha Nature, love it or lump it. I seem to remember that Malcolm said it is beneficial to be in the jhanas while doing the positions of Dzogchen....? When I asked my Karma Kagyu la...

Is the bliss of the jhanas contrary to the bodhisattva path? Is it contrary to Dzogchen? Really no need for them. It is not a matter of "need" or "want", it is like saying there is no need for heat to be hot. Bliss is a quality of Buddha Nature, love it or lump it. I seem to remember that Malcolm s...